TV Series Odd and Si-fi
-
- Posts: 532
- Joined: Fri May 19, 2017 11:03 am
- Has thanked: 358 times
- Been thanked: 332 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
Give that I rather liked Warehouse 13, but cannot get on with the Librarians - am I likely to like the Fringe. I didn't mind the X Files in that I wouldn't switch channels if it was on, however I never stayed in, or set the VCR for it.
Doesn't that rather date me?
Doesn't that rather date me?
- Colin Wonfor
- Posts: 746
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:42 pm
- Location: UK
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 39 times
- Contact:
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
I love The Orville got series 2 for Xmas gift coming from my dear wife. Series 1 was fantastic on my NAS now so I can watch in my PIT Cabin on my Hudlslinger wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:45 pm Star Trek fans should try to see "The Orville" which is (in my opinion) a great parody.
It was made by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) and through the two series (so far) actors and actresses from the "real" Star Trek keep turning up. One of the leads is actually Penny Johnson Jerald who played Capt. Sisko's love interest Kasidy Yates in DS9, Robert Picardo (the emergency holographic doctor in Voyager) is the father of one of the crew, and John Billingsley (Neelix from Voyager) also turns up as a villain. Steven Culp who played Major Hayes in Enterprise appears too, along with Tim Russ (Tuvok), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), and a few others I've forgotten. Ted Danson, Rob Lowe, Liam Neeson, Charlize Theron, and Bruce Willis also pop up.
You can tell it's made with love, by a fan, right down to the music. The bigger the Trekkie you are the more in-jokes you'll get, but you don't have to be a rabid fan to enjoy it.
Funny at time but with added moral twists and no bloody Klingon I hate those things.They are just so brain dead how they got space travel is odd.
It can be done so imagine it.
- slinger
- Posts: 9317
- Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:30 pm
- Location: The Garden of England
- Has thanked: 4695 times
- Been thanked: 3167 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
Much as I still love Red Dwarf, The Orville is Red Dwarf for grownups. Rather twisted and at times quite juvenile grownups though.
Amps - NVA P50, AP30, A40, Stanislav Palo Tube Headphone Amp BB 85
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
- slinger
- Posts: 9317
- Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:30 pm
- Location: The Garden of England
- Has thanked: 4695 times
- Been thanked: 3167 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
Babylon 5 anyone? I still think it's one of the best sci-fi series ever. The individual, very long in some cases, story arcs were so unusual for American TV and actually required people to remember characters and events from previous seasons. Some others I've watched... Farscape was another one I enjoyed, and Torchwood, which was more "edgy" than most. Eureka and Warehouse 13 were both fun. I've just finished watching Dark Matter, that was pretty good. Marvel's Agents Of Shield held my attention, but I'm a sucker for the Marvel Cinematic Universe anyway.
Amps - NVA P50, AP30, A40, Stanislav Palo Tube Headphone Amp BB 85
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
-
- Posts: 580
- Joined: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:47 pm
- Location: East Staffordshire
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 1 time
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
B5 was excellent. Fine story arcs and great characters.slinger wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:53 pm Babylon 5 anyone? I still think it's one of the best sci-fi series ever. The individual, very long in some cases, story arcs were so unusual for American TV and actually required people to remember characters and events from previous seasons. Some others I've watched... Farscape was another one I enjoyed, and Torchwood, which was more "edgy" than most. Eureka and Warehouse 13 were both fun. I've just finished watching Dark Matter, that was pretty good. Marvel's Agents Of Shield held my attention, but I'm a sucker for the Marvel Cinematic Universe anyway.
How about the reimagined Battlestar Galactica? Again a very well conceived series. It spawned a good board game too.
- Fretless
- Posts: 9341
- Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:15 pm
- Location: Somewhere in Holland
- Has thanked: 1520 times
- Been thanked: 2315 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
Love Babylon 5, have most of it on DVD.
Firefly, anyone? Damn, that was a great series!
Firefly, anyone? Damn, that was a great series!
Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a {x2)
Little Bear MC2 + AQ NightHawk
Downstairs:
VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
NVA: P50 & PSU - BMUAiyima A07 MAX + Arcam One
HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl
Office: Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith 887 + German Maestro GMP 450
- slinger
- Posts: 9317
- Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:30 pm
- Location: The Garden of England
- Has thanked: 4695 times
- Been thanked: 3167 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
We bought the B5 box set, so we could watch it again. Firefly was good, Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Serenity, Dollhouse...) created it. Did you ever see "Castle," the TV series? It starred Nathan Fillion from Firefly and in one episode "Castle" was going to a fancy dress party. and he actually went wearing his uniform from Firefly. I cracked up.
Battlestar Galactica I've got on Blu-ray, and only watched about half of it before real life stuff intervened. I'll have to reinvestigate it one of these days.
Battlestar Galactica I've got on Blu-ray, and only watched about half of it before real life stuff intervened. I'll have to reinvestigate it one of these days.
Amps - NVA P50, AP30, A40, Stanislav Palo Tube Headphone Amp BB 85
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
Speakers - Monitor Audio Silver RX2
Cables - NVA LS1+LS3, SSC, Gotham S/PDIF, IBRA Optical
Digital - NAD C516BEE, SONY ST-SDB900 DAB TUNER, TEAC UD-H01 DAC
Analogue - Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB, Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 Phono
Cans - Grado SR80, ATH-M50X
- Fretless
- Posts: 9341
- Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:15 pm
- Location: Somewhere in Holland
- Has thanked: 1520 times
- Been thanked: 2315 times
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
One I have to find yet is 'Farscape', supposed to be good.
Upstairs:
VinylPro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a {x2)
Little Bear MC2 + AQ NightHawk
Downstairs:
VinylLogic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
NVA: P50 & PSU - BMUAiyima A07 MAX + Arcam One
HP: Allo DigiOne + Sabaj A10d + AQ NightOwl
Office: Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith 887 + German Maestro GMP 450
-
- Posts: 446
- Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:25 am
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 20 times
- Colin Wonfor
- Posts: 746
- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:42 pm
- Location: UK
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 39 times
- Contact:
Re: TV Series Odd and Si-fi
No to much like the Hobbit in space and predictably boring.
It can be done so imagine it.